Christian Rocca (born 23 January 1968) is an Italian newspaper journalist and blogger.
Life and career
After graduating in
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...
, at
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 19 ...
in Milan, he started his political activity with the
Radical Party (Italy)
The Radical Party ( it, Partito Radicale, PR) was a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy. For decades, the Radical Party was a bastion of anti-clericalism, civil libertarianism, feminism, liberalism and radicalism in Italy as well a ...
of
Marco Pannella
Marco Pannella (born Giacinto Pannella; 2 May 1930 – 19 May 2016) was an Italian politician, journalist and activist. He was well known in his country for his nonviolence and civil rights' campaigns, like the right to divorce, the right to ab ...
and
Emma Bonino
Emma Bonino (born 9 March 1948) is an Italian politician. A senator for Rome, she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She serve ...
; in 1991 he was also the Parliamentary assistant of Peppino Calderisi.
Some years later he devoted himself to journalism with
Il Foglio
''Il Foglio'' (English: "The Paper") is an Italian centrist daily newspaper with circulation around 25.000 copies per day (with an overall spread of 47.000). It was founded in 1996 by the Italian journalist and politician Giuliano Ferrara after ...
of
Giuliano Ferrara
Giuliano Ferrara (born 7 January 1952) is an Italian politician, journalist, founding editor of ''Il Foglio'', and TV presenter.
Life and career
Ferrara came from a family of Communism, Communists: his father Maurizio was a communist senator. Ferr ...
, since its foundation; he is also a correspondent for
Il Sole 24 Ore
''Il Sole 24 Ore'' () is an Italian national daily business newspaper owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation.
History and profile
''Il Sole 24 Ore'' was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger between ''Il Sole'' ("the ...
and writes on Vanity Fair, mainly dealing with American and International politics.
Until December 2013 he has written a music column, entitled ''Gommalacca'', on the Sunday Sole 24 ORE, and since February 2012 he is the director of the magazine ''IL'', the monthly insert of the same newspaper.
Since 2002 he has held a newspaper blog, ''Camilloblog.it'', which has reached the first position in the International classification of Wikio.
As a writer, he is the author of the essay ''Sulle strade di Barney'' (2010), a voyage into the world of
Mordecai Richler
Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (novel), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and ''Barney's Version (novel), Barney's Versi ...
, the author of ''
Barney's Version (novel)
''Barney's Version'' is a novel written by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, published by Knopf Canada in 1997.
Plot summary
The story is written as if it is an autobiography by Barney Panofsky recounting his life in varying detail. Barney's ver ...
''.
Controversies
On 4 October 2012 Rocca polemicized on Twitter with Massimo Bordin, who, during the radio broadcast ''Stampa e regime'', revealed Rocca's ''frequentations'' with
Nicolò Pollari
Nicolò Pollari (born 3 March 1943 in Caltanissetta) is a general of the Italian Guardia di Finanza
The ''Guardia di Finanza'' (G. di F. or GdF) () (English: literal: ''Guard of Finance'', paraphrased: ''Financial Police'' or ''Financial Guard ...
and
Pio Pompa
Pio may refer to:
Places
* Pio Lake, Italy
* Pio Island, Solomon Islands
* Pio Point, Bird Island, south Atlantic Ocean
People
* Pio (given name)
* Pio (surname)
* Pio (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Pio (footballer, born 1988), B ...
at the
Sismi
Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare (abbreviated SISMI, ''Military Intelligence and Security Service'') was the military intelligence agency of Italy from 1977–2007.
With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services app ...
headquarters relating the articles written about the
Nigergate case.
On the following day the strife was commented, on
Il Foglio
''Il Foglio'' (English: "The Paper") is an Italian centrist daily newspaper with circulation around 25.000 copies per day (with an overall spread of 47.000). It was founded in 1996 by the Italian journalist and politician Giuliano Ferrara after ...
, by
Giuliano Ferrara
Giuliano Ferrara (born 7 January 1952) is an Italian politician, journalist, founding editor of ''Il Foglio'', and TV presenter.
Life and career
Ferrara came from a family of Communism, Communists: his father Maurizio was a communist senator. Ferr ...
who asserts that Rocca's sources were "the official reports of the
American Senate and of the various commissions of inquiry of
the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
about the different scandals linked to that event", and that the meeting with Pollari and Pompa had taken place only after the publication of the articles.
Vice versa the newspapers
la Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...
and
il Fatto Quotidiano
''il Fatto Quotidiano'' (English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by ''Editoriale Il Fatto SpA'' published in Rome, Italy. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and was edited by Antonio Padellaro until 2015, when Marco Trav ...
, quoting the same article written by Ferrara, speak about a campaign of disinformation in favour of
SISMI
Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare (abbreviated SISMI, ''Military Intelligence and Security Service'') was the military intelligence agency of Italy from 1977–2007.
With the reform of the Italian Intelligence Services app ...
against the surveys carried out by Giuseppe D'Avanzo and Carlo Bonini on the Nigergate.
Works
* ''Esportare l'America. La rivoluzione democratica dei neoconservatori'', I libri de
Il Foglio
''Il Foglio'' (English: "The Paper") is an Italian centrist daily newspaper with circulation around 25.000 copies per day (with an overall spread of 47.000). It was founded in 1996 by the Italian journalist and politician Giuliano Ferrara after ...
, 2003.
* ''Contro l'ONU. Il fallimento delle Nazioni Unite e la formidabile idea di un'alleanza tra le democrazie'', Edizioni Lindau, 2005, .
* ''Cambiare regime. La sinistra e gli ultimi 45 dittatori'',
Einaudi Einaudi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), Italian politician
*Mario Einaudi (1905–1994), Italian political scientist, son of Luigi
*Giulio Einaudi (1912–1999), Italian publisher, son o ...
, 2006, .
* ''Sulle strade di Barney'',
Bompiani
Bompiani is an Italian publishing house based in Milan. It was founded in 1929 by Valentino Bompiani.
In 1990, Bompiani became part of the RCS MediaGroup. It was sold in 2015 to the Giunti Group. It is widely regarded as one of the leading literar ...
, 2010.
* ''Chiudete internet. Una modesta proposta'',
Marsilio Marsilio is an Italian name most likely to refer to:
* Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), Italian scholar and Catholic priest
It may also refer to:
*Marco Marsilio (born 1968), Italian politician
*Marsilio da Carrara (1294–1338), Lord of Padua
* Ma ...
, 2019, .
References
Sources
*Francesco Melia e Gaetano Stellino (a cura di), ''Lo frutto, i 150 anni del Liceo Classico di Alcamo'', Campo, Alcamo, 2012, p. 151
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21st-century Italian writers
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